This Telegraph piece picks up on the Walsall accent story featuring Jorja Smith, links it to TikTok trends and adds some linguistic comment from Danielle Turton. archive.today/za5la - ThreadSky

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englangblog.bsky.social • 2 days ago

This Telegraph piece picks up on the Walsall accent story featuring Jorja Smith, links it to TikTok trends and adds some linguistic comment from Danielle Turton.
http://archive.today/za5la

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englangblog.bsky.social•2 days ago

Interestingly, one of the findings of the recent paper 'Stereotyped accent judgements in forensic contexts' from @nataliebraber.bsky.social & @alicepaver.bsky.social is that the Birmingham accent seems to have surged in popularity.

englangblog.bsky.social•2 days ago

"It was the most favourably rated English accent on both solidarity measures and status measures (except SSBE)".
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1462013/full

englangblog.bsky.social•2 days ago

There's something interesting happening here and while Walsall isn't quite the same as Birmingham or Wolverhampton, the trend could be worth exploring further.

englangblog.bsky.social•2 days ago

We're talking about some of this in the next episode of @lexispodcast.bsky.social 😁

ellispratt.bsky.social•2 days ago

One for @davidallengreen.bsky.social

davidallengreen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ha thanks! Posted a snippet.

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